Capital City Arts Initiative is delighted to present work by Anne Hoff in the Desert Whispers exhibition. She captures a sense of surface and line from the landscape into her images.

CCAI’s exhibit will be in Western Nevada College’s Bristlecone Gallery, 2201 W College Parkway, Carson City from December 18, 2024 — April 9, 2025. The gallery is open to the public, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. The artist’s reception will take place on Tuesday, February 25, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Within the past several decades spent in Nevada and Arizona, Hoff has been inspired by the vast spaces of the West. Stunning vistas and isolated landscapes have dominated the visual language in her work. She uses the desert flora to accentuate the solitude.

Hoff made the majority of her pieces using classic lithography printing techniques. “Stone lithographs are a traditional printmaking technique that involves drawing directly onto a stone with an oil-based crayon or ink. The artist will then use a series of chemical processes to fix the image to the stone, and then wipe away the original drawing to leave a trace on the stone. The stone is then dampened and inked, and the artist will apply pressure to transfer the ink to paper.”(from the internet). The exhibition presents several of the heavy stone blocks that Hoff used to create her images.

Hoff’s work includes installations murals, sculptural prints, hybrid prints, and drawings on translucent film and cloth. She is a professor of Printmaking and Drawing at the College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, 2000 – present. She exhibits her work in local and international portfolios, invitationals, and educational conferences. Her work is in university printmaking collections throughout the United States.

Josie Glassberg wrote the essay for the exhibition — available soon online and in the gallery. Glassberg is a freelance writer whose work has regularly appeared in Double Scoop Art News, the Reno News & Review, and Fibonacci magazine. She attended St. Olaf College for printmaking and enjoys writing about art in the West when she’s not busy with her main gig as a garden teacher.

April Reyes, a Western Nevada College Latino Leadership Academy student, provided a Spanish translation of the show’s wall text.

Western Nevada College is a component of the Nevada System of Higher Education, with campuses in Carson City, Douglas County, and Fallon. CCAI is an artist-centered nonprofit organization committed to community engagement in contemporary visual arts through exhibitions, illustrated talks, arts education programs, artist residencies, and online activities.

The Initiative is funded by the John and Grace Nauman Foundation, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Kaplan Family Charitable Fund, Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation, Steele & Associates LLC, and CCAI sponsors and members.

For additional information, please visit CCAI’s website at www.ccainv.org.